Category Archives: Astronomy for Africa: Student Support for Astronomy Modules via Distance Learning

Update

This is a pilot project to support students all over Africa who want to study Astronomy but where the university in their home country does not offer astronomy courses. We pay for their UNISA (University of South Africa) applications and the astronomy modules for the first and second year. In other words, this is a multi-year project. The project started slow […]

Overview of the project

Project leader: Anja Schroeder, anja@hartrao.ac.za Project location: South Africa and Africa in general through distance learning Project description: This is a pilot project to support students all over Africa who want to study Astronomy but where the university in their home country does not offer astronomy courses. Most universities offer a standard BSc degree in physics, […]